Reza Salehi Amiri | |
Term Start: | 21 August 2024 |
President: | Masoud Pezeshkian |
Predecessor: | Ezzatollah Zarghami |
Office1: | President of National Olympic Committee of Iran |
Term Start1: | 15 January 2018 |
Term End1: | 28 August 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Kioumars Hashemi |
Successor1: | Mahmoud Khosravivafa |
Office2: | Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance |
Term Start2: | 1 November 2016 |
Term End2: | 20 August 2017 |
President2: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor2: | Ali Jannati |
Successor2: | Abbas Salehi |
Office3: | Minister of Sport and Youth |
Term Start3: | 17 August 2013 |
Term End3: | 28 October 2013 |
President3: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor3: | Mohammad Abbasi |
Successor3: | Mohammad Shariatmadari |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1961 |
Birth Place: | Babol, Mazandaran, Iran |
Alma Mater: | Islamic Azad University |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Party: | Moderation and Development Party |
Reza Salehi Amiri (fa|رضا صالحی امیری) is an Iranian politician and current minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts since 2024.
He was the President of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from 2018 to 2022. He was a deputy to Mayor of Tehran and was also Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and President of National Library of Iran. He was previously served as acting Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from August to October 2013.[1] On 23 October 2016, Salehi Amiri was nominated by President Hassan Rouhani as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, needing parliament's approval. He was approved by the parliament with 192 votes.
He is graduate of political science and Public administration from Azad University and Tehran University is also a professor at the university. He has written 14 books and 60 scientific articles.[2]